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Quarterly national accounts, 3. quarter 2008
49 Employed persons by industry. Seasonally adjusted. Percentage change from the previous period
  2006 2007 06:4 07:1 07:2 07:3 07:4 08:1 08:2 08:3
                     
Total 3.6 4.1 0.6 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.6
                     
Agriculture, hunting and forestry -2.8 -2.5 -1.4 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.9 0.6
Fishing and fish farming 0.3 -0.8 5.3 -3.6 -1.3 -0.2 6.9 -3.0 -0.4 0.6
                     
Oil and gas extraction including services 5.4 7.8 -2.3 1.1 1.7 8.3 -3.1 0.2 0.9 9.3
Oil and gas extraction 4.1 4.5 3.3 -2.5 1.3 1.0 3.4 1.3 0.4 2.5
Service activities incidental to oil and gas 7.3 12.4 -9.5 6.3 2.2 18.1 -10.5 -1.2 1.6 18.3
Mining and quarrying 6.4 2.9 2.3 -1.3 -0.7 4.6 -0.7 0.2 5.5 -2.4
                     
Manufacturing 5.1 4.9 0.8 2.0 0.9 0.9 1.8 -0.3 1.1 0.5
Food products, beverages and tobacco -0.3 4.9 0.1 4.1 0.0 1.4 1.0 -0.8 0.5 0.3
Textiles,wearing apparel, leather 1.9 0.7 -1.6 2.1 -0.4 -3.4 0.3 -2.3 -3.4 1.3
Wood and wood products 3.2 3.1 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.5 1.5 -1.2 -2.1 1.5
Pulp, paper and paper products -7.8 -6.5 -2.8 -2.3 0.7 -2.2 0.8 -5.1 -0.9 -3.9
Publishing, printing, reproduction 0.3 3.1 0.0 3.6 -0.4 -1.5 2.2 -2.1 -0.8 -0.6
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products 3.9 5.8 0.3 4.0 0.5 0.8 2.7 0.4 1.3 1.0
Basic chemicals 3.1 10.1 -1.0 6.6 3.7 1.5 -2.0 -6.1 8.6 -5.1
Basic metals 4.9 2.1 0.2 1.0 1.7 0.8 0.2 -3.8 7.6 -1.3
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 9.0 7.9 2.2 1.8 2.2 1.7 2.4 1.3 1.8 1.4
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls 17.4 3.7 1.3 -2.1 1.2 1.1 3.7 1.3 0.7 1.3
Furniture and other manufacturing n.e.c -1.2 2.8 1.0 1.5 -1.0 1.4 -0.5 1.9 -0.8 -0.5
                     
Electricity and gas supply -0.2 -0.7 0.9 -0.3 -0.1 -1.5 0.4 -1.2 0.4 0.2
Water supply -0.6 -0.1 -4.6 0.6 0.7 2.6 2.7 -0.4 1.6 1.1
Construction 8.3 9.9 2.0 3.1 2.7 2.1 1.9 -1.1 1.4 1.7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicl 0.4 3.6 0.1 1.3 1.3 0.8 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.1
Hotels and restaurants 3.6 2.9 0.3 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.6 0.7 0.1 -1.1
Transport via pipelines -14.6 4.8 -4.5 6.5 -2.0 1.3 8.9 -0.3 -3.8 -5.0
Ocean transport 2.8 7.3 0.4 7.0 -0.2 0.1 0.3 5.0 -0.1 -0.7
Other transport industries 1.3 1.9 0.6 -0.3 1.4 -0.2 2.6 0.4 -0.2 1.1
Post and telecommunications -7.7 4.2 -0.1 2.0 0.5 1.9 5.9 -2.0 -1.8 -0.7
Financial intermediation 0.5 2.3 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.8 -0.0 0.7 1.3 0.7
Dwellings (households) 3.9 1.1 1.9 1.0 0.4 -0.8 0.1 -3.0 3.3 2.6
Business services 11.8 8.3 2.2 3.0 2.1 0.9 1.2 3.7 2.1 0.4
Public administration and defence 1.3 3.6 0.5 1.5 0.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 -0.8 0.5
Education 0.9 1.5 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.9 -0.0 0.4 0.2
Health and social work 4.5 2.5 0.2 -0.6 1.7 1.2 0.1 0.4 1.7 0.6
Other social and personal services 1.1 2.8 -0.3 1.4 1.2 -0.2 0.9 1.2 -1.4 1.7
                     
Mainland Norway 3.6 4.0 0.7 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.5
                     
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General government 2.4 2.3 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.7
Central government 1.4 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.3 -0.1 -0.5
Civilian central government 2.2 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.1 -0.5
Defence -4.6 1.7 0.3 2.5 -0.2 -0.0 -0.5 -1.4 -2.0 0.0
Local government 2.9 2.9 0.1 0.4 1.3 1.2 0.2 0.5 1.4 1.3